{"id":6350,"date":"2017-04-17T13:48:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T12:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2017-07-08T07:53:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T06:53:34","slug":"gyrator-hack-enhancement-mode-mosfet-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2017\/04\/17\/gyrator-hack-enhancement-mode-mosfet-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyrator hack: Enhancement MOSFET option"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Easter to all! (whatever you celebrate, doesn’t matter, it’s always good to have some days off)<\/p>\n

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\nI have my preferred gyrator setup which includes a top (depletion) MOSFET IXTP08N100D<\/a>, which has a unique high VGS(th) which helps improving the performance of the bottom FET, in my case the BSH111BK<\/a>. The combination of both is superb and they do measure (and sound) superb. The frequency response is flat until 3.4Mhz (-3dB). Yes, a high bandwidth amplifier, so you need to be mindful of this when using high gm\/gain valves. I read somewhere people complaining that gyrator “oscillate”. Well they don’t, however they create a high bandwidth amplifier which is therefore prone to oscillate if you don’t take the right measures. If you don’t know what you’re doing, it will oscillate for sure, you have been warned.<\/p>\n

Ok, if you can’t get hold of (any) depletion MOSFET as the top device, there is an option, a la Gary Pimms.<\/p>\n

The circuit can be tweaked slightly, as can be hacked the PCB<\/a> (I can show you how if you’re intending to use this circuit)<\/p>\n

Here is the design:<\/p>\n

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The main difference is that D4 provides a stable reference voltage (18V) which ones you subtract the VGS(th) of the top MOSFET (typically 2-5V) then will give you enough headroom to allow the bottom FET to operate under low output capacitance due to higher VDS. This is the common limitation of the cascoded pair of depletion devices. You can’t get more than 2-3V.  As the top device forms a “cascode” with the bottom, it also limits the maximum voltage possible to the drain of the bottom device. The protection zener of the bottom device can be removed to ensure maximum swing. This stage can do 20Vpp easily. C5 provides some filtering to the zener noise, which is very low. I can’t see an issue at the driving levels in place. <\/p>\n

The protection zener (D2) for the top device is needed unless the MOSFET comes with a pair of back to back as some do.<\/p>\n

There are multiple options for the top MOSFET. I like the (nearly EOL) STP3NK60ZFP<\/a> which is a FP TO-220 device, very handy for heatsinks and high voltage and comes with the bonus of the protection zeners. The best option is the AOT1N60<\/a> and also the easier to get hold off FQPF2N60C<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So, the performance is great. You can get flat response up to 2.1 Mhz<\/strong>. Here is a snapshot with my buffer which limits to 1.5Mhz:<\/p>\n

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However, my prefered stage can do 3.4Mhz<\/strong> under same conditions!<\/p>\n

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Happy Easter to all! (whatever you celebrate, doesn’t matter, it’s always good to have some days off) I have my preferred gyrator setup which includes a top (depletion) MOSFET IXTP08N100D, which has a unique high VGS(th) which helps improving the performance of the bottom FET, in my case the BSH111BK. The combination of both is … Continue reading “Gyrator hack: Enhancement MOSFET option”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,911,5],"tags":[782,632,982,186,44,875],"class_list":["post-6350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dht-valves","category-gyrator-pcb","category-valves","tag-4p1l","tag-bartola-valves","tag-bsh111bk","tag-dht-preamp","tag-gyrator","tag-gyrator-pcb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2r2tK-1Eq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6350"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6365,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6350\/revisions\/6365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}